Word: indoors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a nippy no-more-than-65° F day at the office, Urban Dweller returns to his rented apartment, flicks on the light-and watches as his sigh forms a frozen cloud in the indoor chill. The thermostat is controlled by his thrifty landlord. A woodburning stove is banned by his lease. Improved insulation, not to mention a solar water heater, is hardly on the tenant's list of options. So what does the city dweller do to keep warm...
...nation's apartment dwellers who do not have fireplaces, there are a few alternatives. Space heaters are selling well, though fire departments warn of dangers from liquid fuel and certain electric models. Safer and cheaper by far are the 79? sheets of transparent plastic offered as "indoor storm windows." Used in combination with Mortite and other caulking compounds (some offered in decorator colors), they can effectively seal out drafts around window frames, balcony doors and air-conditioning units. One Chicago store shows shoppers a quick how-to-do-it movie to help them with installation. Insulated window shades, made...
...several highlights in the meet came in the 880 when two Olympic hopefuls from Harvard, Paula Newnham and Johanna Forman, and sophomore Martha Clabby all broke the previous women's indoor school record. Newnham's record--shattering time of 2:09.3 shaved more than ten seconds off the old school best and skimmed a tenth of a second off of the ITT record...
...starting blocks are set for the women thinclads' first indoor track meet of the season against the University of New Hampshire (UNH) this afternoon...
Based on the theme of health, this year's "ultimate gifts," perhaps because of current economic woes, are not quite so extravagant. Sakowitz's biggie is a personal home health care center that includes his-and-her locker rooms, whirlpool, steamroom, indoor track and gym, an exercise room, a First Aid room, and a health food bar. You provide the land, and Sakowitz will build the complex for $1.6 million...